Investindustrial

The Investindustrial team is attending SuperReturn Asia 2024. We would welcome the opportunity to meet and discuss latest trends and developments. Please reach out to [email protected] to schedule a meeting. We hope you can join us!

Investindustrial is pleased to announce that Dr. Serge Y., Head of Sustainability at Investindustrial & Chair of Initiative Climat International (iCI) is speaking at IPEM 2024 in Paris, alongside Emmanuel Lagarrigue, Co-Head Global Climate at KKR and Alice Legrix De La Salle, Head of Impact & Regenerative Financing at AXA Climate.   Date: 11th September, Time: 3:30 - 4:00 pm, Location: Summit Room 2, Climate Summit

The Investindustrial team is looking forward to meeting you at IPEM 2024 in Paris from September 9th to 11th. This event is a significant gathering for the private equity community, and we look forward to connecting with fellow members and investors. If you’re planning to attend, we would welcome the opportunity to meet and discuss latest trends and developments. Please feel free to reach out to schedule a meeting via [email protected]. Looking forward to productive discussions in Paris. #IpemParis #Investindustrial #privateequity #buildingbettercompanies

Global Sound Technologies Participations S.à r.l. (“Investindustrial”), an independently managed investment subsidiary of funds managed by Investindustrial has agreed to acquire RCF Group, a leading global Italian designer, manufacturer, and distributor of professional audio products and systems. Established in 1949 and headquartered in Reggio Emilia, Italy, RCF Group is a major player in the professional loudspeakers market, offering a wide and diversified product range through its portfolio of brands. The Group produces professional loudspeakers for large-scale concerts and installations, such as stadiums and arenas; portable loudspeakers for small events and medium-sized installations; and loudspeakers for recreational, commercial, and public facilities.   Through this partnership, Investindustrial, the shareholder families, and management intend to accelerate RCF’s international expansion both organically and through acquisitions, with a particular focus on Asia, the Middle East and America. RCF leverages Investindustrial’s successful and extensive track-record of investing in successful niche manufacturing companies with a strong B2B strategy. These include investments in Fassi Gru, Amalfi, CEME Group, CSM Ingredients, Guala Closures, and Omnia Technologies, in addition to the recent acquisitions of Sammontana S.p.A. and PiovanGroup. Investindustrial has strong expertise in executing international expansion and buy-and-build strategies in attractive market niches, creating value for all stakeholders. Since inception, Investindustrial has completed 200 add-on acquisitions for its platform companies with a combined enterprise value of more than €10 billion, which has resulted in significant value creation through the realisation of attractive synergies. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/ewsX9wpX

Automation Systems S.p.A. (“Investindustrial”), an independently managed investment subsidiary of Investindustrial, acquires PiovanGroup, a leading global manufacturer of auxiliary machineries and solutions for processing automation. Investindustrial has entered into a sale and purchase agreement that will trigger a mandatory tender offer to ultimately delist the company. After the mandatory tender offer, Investindustrial will own 75% and Nicola Piovan will reinvest with 25%.   The acquisition of Piovan represents the ninth public to private executed by Investindustrial and its affiliates in Italy and Spain, with a total EV of €6.2 billion, confirming Investindustrial’s leadership in unlocking proprietary primary transactions of high-quality companies in Southern Europe, in partnership with families and entrepreneurs.   Founded in 1934 and headquartered in Santa Maria di Sala (VE), Piovan is a leading global manufacturer of auxiliary machineries and solutions for the processing automation industry. Auxiliary machineries are automation technologies covering the initial part of production processes (i.e. transportation of raw materials and all intermediate preparatory phases to the production of end products including, for example, blending, warming, cooling and drying).   Piovan leverages Investindustrial’s successful and extensive track-record in industrial investments with a strong B2B strategy (CEME Group and Omnia Technologies, among others) and sourced through a public-to-private strategy (e.g. La Doria S.p.A., Natra, Guala Closures), with Polynt Group sharing all of these characteristics.   Piovan is envisaged to execute an accelerated buy & build strategy similar to the one achieved by Investindustrial VII portfolio company Omnia Technologies, which has completed 19 add-on acquisitions since Investindustrial’s entry.   Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/ebX3gxgr

Investindustrial has agreed to invest in Delta Tecnic, a global specialty chemical manufacturer focused on the production of tailor-made colour and additive masterbatches.   Established in 1982 and headquartered in Barcelona (Spain), Delta Tecnic formulates and produces concentrated mixture of pigments and additives (masterbatches) used in final plastic products for a variety of industries, including the wire & cables sector where it is one of the market leaders.   With this acquisition, Investindustrial plans to significantly accelerate Delta Tecnic’s international expansion, both organically and with targeted acquisitions across Europe, North America and Asia, following the successful strategy executed with previous investments in the chemical sectors such as BENVIC, Polynt Group, Italmatch Chemicals and Bakelite Synthetics. Investindustrial is excited about Delta Tecnic’s growth potential and looks forward to supporting the Company in the next phase of its growth, leveraging Investindustrial’s deep industrial experience in transforming companies into global leaders. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/es4m7-sx

Guala Closures, an Investindustrial portfolio company, has agreed to acquire ASTIR Vitogiannis Bros SA a leading manufacturer of crown closures for value of approximately €136 million.   The acquisition of Astir further consolidates its presence in glass bottles by entering the crown closures sector, strengthening its market position in mineral water and non-alcoholic beverages and expanding into the beer market.   Mauro Caneschi, the CEO of Guala Closures, commented that Astir is ‘a leading international company at the forefront of its industry with an excellent track record, thanks to its strong management team and long-term strategic vision,’ that ‘perfectly reflects the values of Guala Closures: combining tradition and innovation.’ You can read the release in full here: https://lnkd.in/eBcagKYS

Investindustrial is pleased to announce that it has been named as ESG Champion of the Year – Upper Mid-Cap at Real Deals Private Equity Awards. Our commitment to integrating strong ESG principles across our entire portfolio shone through in our awards submission, and Real Deals recognised our market leading ESG due diligence.   Investindustrial was the first private equity operator with a focus on Southern Europe to become a signatory to the UN Global Compact in 2008 and has been carbon neutral since 2009, when it also became a signatory of the PRI. In 2020, Investindustrial became a Certified B Corporation, achieving the highest certification score of any non-impact private equity buy-out firm and being named ‘Best for the World™’ for Governance.     Delighted once again that our sustainability efforts have been recognised with this award.

Investindustrial is delighted that its Head of Sustainability Serge Younes (Dr. Serge Y.) has been included in PEN’s 20 Most Influential in ESG for the second year running in 2024.   Serge has been an instrumental part of the Investindustrial team for the last six years and, along with the Investindustrial sustainability team, has driven sustainable value creation across its portfolio. He has also collaborated closely with organisations such as the Principles for Responsible Investment, iC International and Invest Europe in taking the firm and the industry’s focus on sustainability to the next level.

Investindustrial is pleased to announce that Marco Persico has joined its New York team as a Principal. Marco will focus on Investindustrial’s core mid-market strategy where his role will be to support the growth platforms of its funds’ underlying companies through US expansion and strategic add-on acquisitions. Marco joins Investindustrial from Permira, where he was latterly a Principal covering the Industrials and Services sectors and spent several years in both its Hong Kong and New York offices.   Marco’s appointment reflects the significant growth potential Investindustrial sees across the US and Asia for its existing portfolio companies, as well as the exciting opportunities in its core mid-market pipeline. Investindustrial continues to expand its team globally with the firm increasing its headcount by 18% in the past 12 months with a strong focus on deal sourcing and operational improvement.